Planning the Best City - What do you think of our strategy?

Background

The City of Cockburn is working on its Local Planning Strategy which sets out how land within the City will be used and developed in the future. With our growing population, there is increasing demand for employment and infrastructure like transport, housing, and space for recreation. Our Local Planning Strategy allows us to decide what land will be used for what purpose to accommodate our growing needs. We have prepared a draft strategy and we want to hear your feedback.

What we heard so far

We created the draft strategy considering the community feedback we received during workshops and consultation papers in 2017-18, alongside the Western Australian Government's Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million framework.

Local Profile Papers Consultation (2018) - Read the consultation report Local Profile Papers page.
Key Issues Community Workshops (August/September 2018) - Read the workshop summaries below.

About the draft Local Planning Strategy

Read the Draft Local Planning Strategy - Download from the Document Library
Find out what is proposed in the draft Strategy - View the summaries below:
- My suburb
- Environment
- Infrastructure
- Centres and Commercial areas
- Industrial areas
- Australian Marine Complex
- Planning areas

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Lifecycle

Timeline item 1 - complete

Community Consultation (Oct 2017 – Dec 2018)

The City sought feedback on top issues and workshopped with residents and key stakeholders.
Timeline item 2 - complete

Develop Draft Local Planning Strategy (Jan 2019 – Sept 2020)

The draft Local Planning Strategy was prepared considering community feedback alongside the WA Government’s Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million frameworks.
Timeline item 3 - complete

Council and WAPC Review (Oct 2020 – Aug 2022)

Council and the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) approved the draft Local Planning Strategy for public advertising.
Timeline item 4 - complete

Public Advertising (Sept – Nov 2022)

The draft Local Planning Strategy is advertised for public comment for 60 days. Public submissions on the draft are invited until 4pm, Mon 21 Nov 2022.
Timeline item 5 - complete

Final Revisions to draft Local Planning Strategy (TBC)

Feedback on the draft will be considered alongside the City’s and WA Government's planning requirements.
Timeline item 6 - complete

Council and WAPC Approval (TBC)

Public submissions and the final Local Planning Strategy will be presented to Council and WAPC for approval.

What does the draft Local Planning Strategy propose?	Why?
Protection of the Australian Marine Complex (AMC) for strategic industry with flexibility for some complementary uses where appropriate and adaptable.	To protect the AMC for strategic industry into the future. Provide some flexibility, recognising changing demand, where the strategic intent of the precinct is not jeopardised. Provide for uses that can enhance and support the AMC.
Strengthening of requirements for vehicle access and parking in industrial areas.	To ensure safe and functional vehicle movements. To ensure adequate parking in the right locations.
Future investigation of cash-in-lieu for parking in industrial areas.	To maximise the efficient use of valuable industrial land. To ensure provision of adequate and well-distributed parking with equitable funding arrangements.
High quality, attractive and accessible industrial areas, and identification of intended future character.	To make industrial areas great places to work and visit. To attract investment and support the growth of local jobs. To ensure industrial areas contribute positively to the City’s character and urban tree canopy.
Advocate for the State Government to undertake integrated transport planning and infrastructure improvements for the Australian Marine Complex.	In response to concerns from landowners and businesses about the transport and infrastructure provision in the area.
Work with government agencies and service providers to undertake full utilities/servicing study confirming infrastructure capacity to cater to growth needs of Cockburn.	To ensure appropriate infrastructure to support the needs of businesses in the area.

What’s in the draft Local Planning Strategy?	Why?
Future intent to identify and protect priority industrial land for industrial land uses.	To maximise the local economic and employment opportunities of these areas. To continue to provide opportunities for non-industrial land uses where appropriate, including supporting uses.
Future-proofing industrial areas by considering adaptability, including subdivision, parking and access.	To ensure industrial areas can continue to adapt and provide for industrial land uses over time.
Strengthening of requirements for vehicle access and parking in industrial areas.	To ensure safe and functional vehicle movements. To ensure adequate parking in the right locations.
Future investigation of cash-in-lieu for parking in industrial areas.	To ensure provision of adequate and well-distributed parking. with equitable funding arrangements.
Lobby for and encourage the provision of an efficient and convenient public transport network.	To improve public transport to industrial areas. To improve sustainable transport options.
High quality, attractive and accessible industrial areas, and identification of intended future character.	To make industrial areas great places to work and visit. To attract investment and support the growth of local jobs. To ensure industrial areas contribute positively to the City’s character and urban tree canopy.
Explore opportunities for public open space and other local amenities within or accessible from industrial areas.	To improve the amenity in these areas for employees and visitors.
Work with government agencies and service providers to undertake full utilities/servicing study confirming infrastructure capacity to cater to growth needs of Cockburn.	To identify infrastructure improvements to support businesses. To provide better public transport access to industrial areas. To provide for infill sewerage to support business needs.

What’s in the draft Local Planning Strategy?	Why?
The City’s existing activity centres will meet the needs of the community into the future with only minor changes.	Analysis has identified that the existing activity centres are located to meet the needs of the community, with only a few minor changes to be further explored through the review of the Local Commercial and Activity Centre Strategy.
Commercial uses focussed within activity centres and limited outside of centres.	To ensure that centres are successful and meet the needs of the community. To provide local employment opportunities in areas that are easy to get to. To ensure residential areas are not negatively impacted by inappropriate commercial uses.
The Local Commercial and Activity Centres Strategy will be reviewed to create guidelines for centres and commercial uses.	To ensure activity centres contribute positively to the City’s character. To identify guidelines for activity centres to include elements that strengthen their role as a community hub.
Local Area Plans will identify opportunities to support and enhance centres.	To improve accessibility and connection to centres. To improve safety and security. To identify opportunities to collaborate with landowners and business owners of activity centres.
Cockburn Central East to provide commercial and/or light industrial uses.	To diversify an employment base of around 40,000 jobs by 2036.
Advocate for Cockburn Central to be elevated to a Strategic Metropolitan Centre	To meet the needs of the community and provide a wide range of employment opportunities.
Work with government agencies and service providers to undertake a servicing study confirming infrastructure capacity to cater to growth needs.	To identify infrastructure improvements to support businesses. To provide better public transport access to industrial areas. To provide for infill sewerage to support business needs.

Topic	Key changes from the draft Local Planning Strategy adopted by Council in 2020
Urban Growth and Housing	Including ‘Planning Directions’ that the current extent of residential densities, and the rural and rural living zone is to be maintained, to reflect more clearly what was already proposed in the Council adopted draft.
Planning Areas Use of ‘Planning Areas’ rather than ‘Future Scenario Planning’, and addition of new ‘Planning Areas’	The Local Planning Strategy Guidelines (adopted after the City’s LPS was drafted) now use ‘Planning Areas’ for areas where there may be further investigations or detailed planning required, or where specific issues and opportunities are to be identified.
Addition of following ‘Planning Areas’: Jandakot Industrial Investigation Area Glen Iris Golf Course site Rural Living Precinct Wattleup Industrial Investigation Area Cockburn Central Activity Centre Phoenix/Spearwood District Centre Cockburn Coast District Centre	DPLH requested these areas to be shown as ‘Planning Areas’. The ‘Planning Directions’ and Actions for these areas are generally consistent with what was already outlined in the draft Local Planning Strategy adopted by Council, and where relevant, adopted Structure Plans for the areas. Glen Iris has been added as a ‘Planning Area’, but only to include the ‘Planning Direction’ - Land use and development that achieves an appropriate interface with existing residential land uses.
‘Planning Area’ Roe 8/9 Reserve	The issues and actions have been simplified.
Perth and Peel @3.5million Industrial Investigation Areas Inclusion of references to the Industrial Investigation Areas (Wattleup and Lake Coogee/Munster) and planning directions that are more high-level.	As part of the preparation of the draft LPS the City had undertaken some investigation into the appropriateness of these areas for industrial land use and ascertained that these uses were not appropriate for those areas. DPLH have advise that further investigation is required in this regard, and this has been noted.
Lake Coogee Urban Deferred Area	Wording changes to state the following ‘Planning Direction’: Investigate whether residential development is appropriate for the area, subject to appropriate consideration of odour impacts from the Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. However, this wording change will not alter the City’s proposed approach to this matter.
Future zonings under the new local planning scheme	Removal of some of the detail around future zonings to ensure the strategy remains at a high level. These zoning matters will be considered as part of the preparation of a new scheme.
Removing some advocacy items	While some proposed actions may have overarching benefits to planning outcomes, many are not intrinsically linked to planning processes. planning process, instrument or mechanism (ie. may relate to education or advocacy).
Perth and Peel @3.5 million	A number of changes have been required to ensure that the draft LPS aligns with Perth and Peel @3.5 million.
Minor Changes
Formatting changes to align with the new Local Planning Strategy Guidelines. Renaming of ‘Strategies’ to ‘Planning Directions’. Rewording of some Planning Directions and Actions to be more ‘high-level’ (without changing the intent itself). Further detail/analysis of infill targets, and reference to Perth and Peel dwelling and infill targets. Neighbourhood Plans renamed to ‘Local Area Plans’. Terminology changes to be consistent with State Planning Framework. Consolidating some actions (i.e. where there may be a number of detailed actions relating to a key overarching action) to ensure the Strategy is concise. Draft Strategy Map updated, in consideration of cartographic convention, and to show Activity Centres and proposed ‘Planning Areas’ and reflect what is shown in Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million.

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